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The Number Of Collisions Involving Trains Tripled In 2020.

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The majority of these incidents involved large animals..

There was a sharp increase in the number of collisions involving trains last year.

The Commission for Railway Regulation says 72 train collisions were recorded on the Iarnród Éireann rail network during 2020.

The majority of these incidents involved large animals..

Deer accounted for 29 of the 38 collisions between trains and large animals last year.

Cattle accounted for seven cases and two incidents involving horses.

There were 22 such collisions in 2019, the lowest number in a decade.

Jane Cregan is Irish Rail's Corporate Communications Executive.

She joined Ciara Noble on Wednesday's edition of Kildare Today.

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